Fishing Hotspots
Venice fishing heats up as the October temperatures bring relief
While the oppressive temperatures drop and we move into October, Venice fishing not only heats up but continues to sizzle.[…]
Year: 2023
Field Reports
Catch and cook: Loading up on shrimp
In this Outside the Levees video, Jared Serigné went with @reelingwithrobby to load up on shrimp in a roadside ditch.[…]
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Two commercial fishing companies cited for fishing violations
LDWF enforcement agents have cited two commercial fishing companies for violations related to harvest of menhaden.[…]
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Agent cites two subjects for closed season squirrel hunting
A Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agent cited two subjects for alleged hunting violations in Grant Parish.[…]
Fishing Reports
William Fernandez and his Cocodrie redfish
William Fernandez caught this redfish in Cocodrie on Aug. 19, 2023. He was fishing a live minnow on the bottom.[…]
Field Reports
White trout piled up in Lake Pontchartrain
Chas Champagne ties on the classic “Shrimp Creole” color from Matrix Shad and goes to town on white trout in Lake Pontchartrain.[…]
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Fishing pier on Island Road at PAC WMA to be closed Oct. 4 for repairs
A fishing pier located on Island Road at Pointe-aux-Chenes WMA will be closed beginning Oct. 4 until further notice for repairs.[…]
Field Reports
Catch and cook: An easy way to catch catfish for dinner
In this video, Jared Serigné uses jug lines to catch catfish. Afterwards, he heads home to cook broiled catfish with Creole rice.[…]
Fishing Reports
Cash Watson’s bass
Cash Watson with his dad, Garrett Watson, and sister, Monroe Watson, at Lake Sam Rayburn holding Cash’s big catch.[…]
Fishing Reports
Laine Primeaux with a beautiful trout
Laine Primeaux with a trout caught at the long rocks by Seven Dollar Bay.[…]
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Agents cite Lake Charles man for red snapper violations
LDWF enforcement agents cited a Lake Charles man for alleged red snapper violations in Cameron Parish on Sept. 28.[…]
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LDWF agent named National Boating Officer of the Year
Lt. Jason Russo was recently named the 2023 National Association of State Boating Law Administrators Boating Officer of the Year.[…]
Fishing Reports
First Causeway black drum
Arin Ricks caught this black drum in Lake Pontchartrain at the Northshore side of the Causeway Bridge bouncing market shrimp off the bottom in early September.[…]
Hunting Reports
A Morehouse Parish alligator for Reed Maxwell
Reed Maxwell killed his first alligator on Sept. 12, 2023 while hunting with his family in Morehouse Parish.[…]
Fishing Reports
John White and his Grand Isle drum
John White was fishing offshore out of Grand Isle when he caught this black drum on a 3-ounc jig tipped with dead shrimp.[…]
Fishing Reports
Johnny Ray’s redfish
Johnny Ray of Bridge City, Tex., caught this 42-inch redfish Sept. 7 on north Sabine Lake.[…]